Abbott’s first response to Jade Helm more measured, records show

AUSTIN - Before he directed the Texas State Guard to monitor Jade Helm 15, Gov. Greg Abbott’s office offered a more measured response to scores of people who wrote or called with worries that the military exercise could mean martial law, gun seizures and the use of shuttered Walmarts for nefarious purposes.

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